No, just in general, I started using them a few weeks ago, my lumosity workouts have been spotty. Just in general, as I have intensified my workouts, my recent Lumosity has gotten much better. Time will tell.

__________________
No one will take better care of us, than us: Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

There's a guy from Oregon State University (Dr. Trost) that linked as few as 15 minutes of exercise to improved concentration and memory. Those were his findings from his study back in 2007. I've always noticed a sharper focus after working out and can see how it could translate to Lumosity performance. Just had not thought about it until your post.

There's a guy from Oregon State University (Dr. Trost) that linked as few as 15 minutes of exercise to improved concentration and memory. Those were his findings from his study back in 2007. I've always noticed a sharper focus after working out and can see how it could translate to Lumosity performance. Just had not thought about it until your post.

I only slept a few hours last night as my crew left around 0300 for a horse show.

My lumosity was for shit and I was on my second day of rest. I will see how I do tomorrow AM. They even say on the site that even moderate PT helps your dome.

__________________
No one will take better care of us, than us: Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

OK, if I am going to make science out of this, I will need to make a chart. I hit the KB's yesterday (But not the range) and felt really good despite a minor lack in sleep. Lumosity score up 6 points. Kettle bell workout kicked my ass yesterday. I am moving up to a 55lb KB the end of this week (Maybe).

__________________
No one will take better care of us, than us: Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

I took a shooting class on 3-4 May, did a lot of sprinting etc, BPI went up to 1151. The sharp turns just blew my knees out and I was off until last Friday. Of course the BPI dropped 1140. Worked out Friday and Sunday, its back up to 1147.

I am moving up to the 55 lb KB today, we will see what tomorrow brings.

__________________
No one will take better care of us, than us: Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

My Lumosity bpi sucks at 793. I'm somwhat dislexic and the left right button pushing is a bit of a problem. On the positive side I'm much more ambedexrous than most people.
Overall I think it's helping my brain perform better. I'm trying to stick with it.

That's interesting; I don't know why there are two different systems but I found this on the Web:

Posted: April 28th, 2014 | Author: Carl Furrow

We at Lumosity love to improve. Personal and professional development are as important as the product we build each and every day. With that expectation for improvement comes radical new paradigm shifts on core systems. This time it was on our Brain Performance Index (BPI) system. BPI is a scale that allows users to see how well they are doing in the five core cognitive areas Lumosity is designed to help train. Every game on Lumosity falls into one of those cognitive areas and each game ends with a score. That score is then used to calculate a BPI for that game, which is then fed into that game’s area BPI, which then feeds into the user’s overall BPI.

Late last year our science team began devising a new system for calculating BPI that was more responsive to each game play a user completed and could scale out to more games across our multiple platforms (web, iOS and soon Android). This new system was named the “Lumosity Performance Index” (LPI) and with it would come a new set of calculators that could transform a game play’s score to an LPI and also update a variety of other stats for that user, including the game’s area LPI and the user’s overall LPI.

Once the new system and calculators were built, we needed to build a way to migrate or backpopulate existing game plays’ scores to LPI. At the time of this writing, we have over 60 million registered users who have played more than 1.6 billion games, and it’s growing quickly each day.

That's interesting; I don't know why there are two different systems but I found this on the Web:

Posted: April 28th, 2014 | Author: Carl Furrow

We at Lumosity love to improve. Personal and professional development are as important as the product we build each and every day. With that expectation for improvement comes radical new paradigm shifts on core systems. This time it was on our Brain Performance Index (BPI) system. BPI is a scale that allows users to see how well they are doing in the five core cognitive areas Lumosity is designed to help train. Every game on Lumosity falls into one of those cognitive areas and each game ends with a score. That score is then used to calculate a BPI for that game, which is then fed into that game’s area BPI, which then feeds into the user’s overall BPI.

Late last year our science team began devising a new system for calculating BPI that was more responsive to each game play a user completed and could scale out to more games across our multiple platforms (web, iOS and soon Android). This new system was named the “Lumosity Performance Index” (LPI) and with it would come a new set of calculators that could transform a game play’s score to an LPI and also update a variety of other stats for that user, including the game’s area LPI and the user’s overall LPI.

Once the new system and calculators were built, we needed to build a way to migrate or backpopulate existing game plays’ scores to LPI. At the time of this writing, we have over 60 million registered users who have played more than 1.6 billion games, and it’s growing quickly each day.

I have been sluggish mentally, too much time in the office, so I started this again. Its id fun and gets me motivated for the day. I am trying not to labor over previous scores, but concentrate on improvement. So far, a steady rate of improvement.

__________________
No one will take better care of us, than us: Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

Lumosity does not improve cognitive function but has been proven to be an accurate measure of IQ. To figure out IQ based on LPI you must compare your Cognitive Percentile against this chart. After a few weeks I had a 1758 LPI with 99.3 percentile for my age group. This equates to a 137-139 IQ with 15-16 standard deviation percentiles

The only brain game that has been proven to improve cognitive function are n-back games. This targets your working memory. Working memory is the temporary memory that is manipulated by changing information. It is the choke point for fluid intelligence and is considered the post-it notes or chalkboard of the brain. Increasing working memory is like increasing RAM on a computer.

There are other strategies that you can implement to increase cognitive function. Diet, sleep, exercise, environment, and supplements can all influence your neuroplasticity. Your brain creates destroys new cells each day. The strategy is to increase the rate of new cells through Neurogenenesis, exercise your brain to form new connections, and decrease the rate that you lose neurons from healthy maintenance. Intermittent fasting or caloric restriction increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BNDF) which stimulates neurogenesis. Cardio has also been proven to increase BNDF. There are supplements called nootropics that increase neuroplasticity as well. Some increase BNDF, receptor density, modulates receptors, and increases/decreases neurotransmitters circulating in your brain. You can take antioxidants to decrease the rate you lose neurons from age, diet, and stress too. I take high dosages of two very powerful antioxidants that are called stilbebes. One is Resveratrol and the other is pterostilbene. Both of these have multiple benefits outside of neuroplasticity. I plan on taking a couple IQ tests sometime in the future. In college I scored a 119 IQ with a psychologist administered test but my abstract reasoning and problem solving was off the charts. A culture fair test would have had a much higher score. Mensa requires only a 130 IQ or 98th percentile (1/50).